Suffragan diocese Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago
Samoa-Pagopagen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering the US territory of American Samoa, canonically erected 10 September 1982 from the former unified Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Tafuna, with the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Fagatogo. Bishop Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale became diocesan bishop on 29 April 2023 after serving as coadjutor.
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- Established
- 1982
- Catholics
- 14,000
- Priests
- 19
- Territory
- 197 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Holy Family CathedralTafuna · CathedralView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker Co-CathedralFagatogo · CathedralView parish
- Christ the KingAmanaveView parish
- Christ the KingMalaeloaView parish
- Christ the KingNu'uuliView parish
- Holy CrossLeoneView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionLepuaView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaAuaView parish
- Our Lady of the RosaryAfaoView parish
- Sacred HeartAlaoView parish
- Sacred HeartPago PagoView parish
- Sacred Heart of JesusVailoataiView parish
- St. Joseph the WorkerFutigaView parish
- St. PaulIli'iliView parish
- St. Peter ChanelFagasaView parish
- St. Peter ChanelSa'ileleView parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulAsiliView parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulLauli'iView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale
- Born
- 17 March 1973
- Birthplace
- Lotofaga
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Family, Tafuna stands in Samoa-Pago Pago, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker, Fagatogo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The overseas dependency of American Samoa is served by the Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago (Latin: Diœcesis Samoa-Pagopagensis), a Catholic suffragan see within the province of the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia. Its see church is the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Tafuna. Peter Brown, a Redemptorist, is bishop-elect.